cerca
Galician
/ˈθeɾka̝/
noun
Definitions
- fence; enclosure
- (dated) wall
- siege
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cercar (wall, enclose) inherited from Latin circāre, circa (around, about, near), circus (circle, ring, racecourse, circus, space for games).
Origin
Latin
circus
Gloss
circle, ring, racecourse, circus, space for games
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- circa English
- circus English
- *circa Latin
- *circārium Latin
- circa Latin
- circensis Latin
- circiter Latin
- circo Latin
- circulus Latin
- circus Latin
- circāre Latin
- circāre, circo, circō Latin
- circāre, circō Latin
- circō Latin
- Zirkus German
- cirka Hungarian
- cercare Italian
- circa Italian
- circo Italian
- circa Dutch, Flemish
- circus Dutch, Flemish
- cerce French
- circa French
- cirque French
- цирк Russian
- cerca Spanish, Castilian
- cerco Spanish, Castilian
- cerquísima Spanish, Castilian
- circo Spanish, Castilian
- κίρκος Ancient Greek
- *sker Proto-Indo-European
- cirka Norwegian Bokmål
- sirka Norwegian Bokmål
- sirkus Norwegian Bokmål
- cercar Portuguese
- circo Portuguese
- cirka Swedish
- cyrk Polish
- cirka Norwegian Nynorsk
- sirka Norwegian Nynorsk
- sirkus Norwegian Nynorsk
- cerchier Old French
- circ Catalan, Valencian
- sirkus Icelandic
- cercar Galician
- cerc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cerca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- circa Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- curcubeu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- încerca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bezirc Middle High German
- qark Albanian
- serche Middle French
- צירק Yiddish
- cercar Old Portuguese
- cerco Old Portuguese
- circ Occitan
- tscharcar Romansh
- tschartgear Romansh
- tschartger Romansh
- tschercar Romansh
- tscherchar Romansh
- tschertgan Romansh
- tschertgar Romansh
- cerca Asturian
- circu Asturian
- cercjâ Friulian
- cercar Old Occitan
- cercar Old Spanish
- circari Sicilian
- serka Papiamentu
- cercà Neapolitan
- sirk Novial